Thursday, July 30, 2009

Rubens: Portrait of Susanne Fourment

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Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640). Flemish painter, draughtsman and diplomat. He was the most versatile and influential Baroque artist of northern Europe in the 17th century. He is well-known for his Counter-Reformation altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects.

Susanna Fourment was related by marriage to Rubens' first wife, Isabella Brant. Later the widowed Rubens married Susanna's sister Helena Fourment.

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Portrait of Susanne Fourment by Peter Paul Rubens.
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Portrait of Susanne Fourment by Peter Paul Rubens